| slovo | definícia |
surface
(mass) | surface
- povrch |
surface
(encz) | surface,hladina n: |
surface
(encz) | surface,povrch n: |
surface
(encz) | surface,povrchový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
surface
(encz) | surface,vnější povrch n: Zdeněk Brož |
surface
(encz) | surface,vnější strana n: Zdeněk Brož |
surface
(encz) | surface,vynořit se v: |
Surface
(gcide) | Surface \Sur"face`\, n. [F. See Sur-, and Face, and cf.
Superficial.]
1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth;
one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face;
superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth;
the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body.
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The bright surface of this ethereous mold. --Milton.
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2. Hence, outward or external appearance.
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Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no
deeper than the surface. --V. Knox.
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3. (Geom.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without
thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical
surface.
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4. (Fort.) That part of the side which is terminated by the
flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.
--Stocqueler.
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Caustic surface, Heating surface, etc. See under
Caustic, Heating, etc.
Surface condensation, Surface condenser. See under
Condensation, and Condenser.
Surface gauge (Mach.), an instrument consisting of a
standard having a flat base and carrying an adjustable
pointer, for gauging the evenness of a surface or its
height, or for marking a line parallel with a surface.
Surface grub (Zool.), the larva of the great yellow
underwing moth (Triphoena pronuba). It is often
destructive to the roots of grasses and other plants.
Surface plate (Mach.), a plate having an accurately dressed
flat surface, used as a standard of flatness by which to
test other surfaces.
Surface printing, printing from a surface in relief, as
from type, in distinction from plate printing, in which
the ink is contained in engraved lines.
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Surface
(gcide) | Surface \Sur"face\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surfaced; p. pr. & vb.
n. Surfacing.]
1. To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a
smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain.
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2. To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting
for gold.
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Surface
(gcide) | Surface \Sur"face\, v. i.
1. To rise from the depths of a liquid to the surface; as,
the submarine surfaced to recharge its batteries.
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2. To become known or public; -- said of information.
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3. To show up, as a person who was in hiding; as, he
absconded with the payroll and surfaced in Argentina.
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surface
(wn) | surface
adj 1: on the surface; "surface materials of the moon" [ant:
overhead, subsurface]
n 1: the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer
constituting or resembling such a boundary; "there is a
special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a
pattern of red dots on a white surface"
2: the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-
dimensional object; "they skimmed over the surface of the
water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface";
"the sun has no distinct surface"
3: the outermost level of the land or sea; "earthquakes
originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the
Earth's surface is covered by water" [syn: surface,
Earth's surface]
4: a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of
something; "it was not what it appeared to be on the surface"
5: information that has become public; "all the reports were out
in the open"; "the facts had been brought to the surface"
[syn: open, surface]
6: a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative
to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
[syn: airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface]
v 1: come to the surface [syn: surface, come up, rise up,
rise]
2: put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface;
"coat the cake with chocolate" [syn: coat, surface]
3: appear or become visible; make a showing; "She turned up at
the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again"
[syn: come on, come out, turn up, surface, show up] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
artificial surface water infiltration
(encz) | artificial surface water infiltration,umělá infiltrace povrchové
vody [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
change surface
(encz) | change surface, v: |
control surface
(encz) | control surface, n: |
dump of radioactive wastes in subsurface spaces
(encz) | dump of radioactive wastes in subsurface spaces,úložiště radioakt.
odpadů v podpovrchových podz. prostorách [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
hard surface
(encz) | hard surface,zpevněná plocha Zdeněk Brož |
horizontal surface
(encz) | horizontal surface, n: |
interfacial surface tension
(encz) | interfacial surface tension, n: |
irrigation surface
(encz) | irrigation surface,závlahová plocha [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
paved surface
(encz) | paved surface, n: |
quadric surface
(encz) | quadric surface, n: |
resurface
(encz) | resurface,znovu se ukázat Zdeněk Brož |
resurfaced
(encz) | resurfaced,znovu vynořený Zdeněk Brož |
road surface
(encz) | road surface, n: |
sample close to water surface
(encz) | sample close to water surface,vzorek při hladině vody [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
sample from water surface
(encz) | sample from water surface,vzorek z hladiny vody [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
scratch the surface
(encz) | scratch the surface, |
subsurface
(encz) | subsurface,podloží Zdeněk Brož |
subsurface drainage
(encz) | subsurface drainage,podzemní odvodnění [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
subsurface irrigation
(encz) | subsurface irrigation,podpovrchová závlaha [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
surface area
(encz) | surface area, n: |
surface assimilation
(encz) | surface assimilation, n: |
surface collecting trench
(encz) | surface collecting trench,sběrný odvodňovací příkop [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
surface drain
(encz) | surface drain,odvodňovací příkop [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
surface drainage
(encz) | surface drainage,povrchové odvodnění [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
surface dump of radioactive wastes
(encz) | surface dump of radioactive wastes,povrchové úložiště radioaktivních
odpadů [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
surface fire
(encz) | surface fire, n: |
surface gage
(encz) | surface gage, n: |
surface gauge
(encz) | surface gauge, n: |
surface instruments for detecting oil deposits
(encz) | surface instruments for detecting oil deposits,povrchové nástroje pro
detekování ropných zásob |
surface irrigation
(encz) | surface irrigation,gravitační závlaha [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačsurface irrigation,povrchová závlaha [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
surface lift
(encz) | surface lift, n: |
surface mail
(encz) | surface mail,pozemní pošta Zdeněk Brož |
surface mine
(encz) | surface mine, v: |
surface noise
(encz) | surface noise, n: |
surface protection
(encz) | surface protection,povrchová ochrana (půdy) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
surface search radar
(encz) | surface search radar, n: |
surface ship
(encz) | surface ship, n: |
surface soil
(encz) | surface soil, n: |
surface tension
(encz) | surface tension, n: |
surface transportation
(encz) | surface transportation,pozemní doprava |
surface water
(encz) | surface water,povrchová voda [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
surface watering
(encz) | surface watering,závlaha přeronem [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
surface-active
(encz) | surface-active,povrchově aktivní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
surface-active agent
(encz) | surface-active agent, n: |
surface-assimilative
(encz) | surface-assimilative, adj: |
surface-mine
(encz) | surface-mine, v: |
surface-to-air
(encz) | surface-to-air,země-vzduch adj: raketa Zdeněk Brož |
surface-to-air missile
(encz) | surface-to-air missile,raketa země-vzduch n: [voj.] Petr Prášek |
surface-to-air missile system
(encz) | surface-to-air missile system,protiletadlový raketový systém n:
[voj.] Petr Prášek |
surface-to-surface
(encz) | surface-to-surface,raketa země - země Zdeněk Brož |
surfaced
(encz) | surfaced,objevil se Zdeněk Brožsurfaced,vynořil v: Zdeněk Brožsurfaced,vyplul v: Zdeněk Brož |
surfaceness
(encz) | surfaceness, |
surfaces
(encz) | surfaces,povrchy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
undersurface
(encz) | undersurface,podpovrchový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unsurfaced
(encz) | unsurfaced, |
upper surface
(encz) | upper surface, n: |
vertical surface
(encz) | vertical surface, n: |
water loss on irrigated surface
(encz) | water loss on irrigated surface,ztráta vody na zavlažované
ploše [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
water loss on soil surface
(encz) | water loss on soil surface,ztráta vody s povrchu půdy [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
work surface
(encz) | work surface, n: |
joint air to surface stand-off missile
(czen) | Joint Air to Surface Stand-off Missile,JASSM[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
surface-emitting distributed feedback
(czen) | Surface-Emitting Distributed Feedback,SEDFB[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
Adjusting surface
(gcide) | Adjusting plane \Adjusting plane\, Adjusting surface \Adjusting
surface\ (A["e]ronautics)
A small plane or surface, usually capable of adjustment but
not of manipulation, for preserving lateral balance in an
a["e]roplane or flying machine.
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Advancing surface
(gcide) | Advancing surface \Ad*van"cing sur"face\ (A["e]ronautics)
The first of two or more surfaces arranged in tandem; --
contr. with following surface, which is the rear surface.
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Anallagmatic surfaces
(gcide) | Anallagmatic \An`al*lag*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. ?; 'an priv. + ? a
change.] (Math.)
Not changed in form by inversion.
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Anallagmatic curves, a class of curves of the fourth degree
which have certain peculiar relations to circles; --
sometimes called bicircular quartics.
Anallagmatic surfaces, a certain class of surfaces of the
fourth degree.
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Caustic surface
(gcide) | Surface \Sur"face`\, n. [F. See Sur-, and Face, and cf.
Superficial.]
1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth;
one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face;
superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth;
the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body.
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The bright surface of this ethereous mold. --Milton.
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2. Hence, outward or external appearance.
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Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no
deeper than the surface. --V. Knox.
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3. (Geom.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without
thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical
surface.
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4. (Fort.) That part of the side which is terminated by the
flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.
--Stocqueler.
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Caustic surface, Heating surface, etc. See under
Caustic, Heating, etc.
Surface condensation, Surface condenser. See under
Condensation, and Condenser.
Surface gauge (Mach.), an instrument consisting of a
standard having a flat base and carrying an adjustable
pointer, for gauging the evenness of a surface or its
height, or for marking a line parallel with a surface.
Surface grub (Zool.), the larva of the great yellow
underwing moth (Triphoena pronuba). It is often
destructive to the roots of grasses and other plants.
Surface plate (Mach.), a plate having an accurately dressed
flat surface, used as a standard of flatness by which to
test other surfaces.
Surface printing, printing from a surface in relief, as
from type, in distinction from plate printing, in which
the ink is contained in engraved lines.
[1913 Webster]Caustic \Caus"tic\, Caustical \Caus"tic*al\, a. [L. caustucs,
Ge. ?, fr. ? to burn. Cf. Calm, Ink.]
1. Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating
away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive;
searing.
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2. Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark.
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Caustic curve (Optics), a curve to which the ray of light,
reflected or refracted by another curve, are tangents, the
reflecting or refracting curve and the luminous point
being in one plane.
Caustic lime. See under Lime.
Caustic potash, Caustic soda (Chem.), the solid
hydroxides potash, KOH, and soda, NaOH, or solutions
of the same.
Caustic silver, nitrate of silver, lunar caustic.
Caustic surface (Optics), a surface to which rays reflected
or refracted by another surface are tangents. Caustic
curves and surfaces are called catacaustic when formed by
reflection, and diacaustic when formed by refraction.
Syn: Stinging; cutting; pungent; searching.
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Center of a surface
(gcide) | center \cen"ter\ (s[e^]n"t[~e]r), n. [F. centre, fr. L. centrum,
fr. Gr. ke`ntron any sharp point, the point round which a
circle is described, fr. kentei^n to prick, goad.]
1. A point equally distant from the extremities of a line,
figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of
a circle; the middle point or place.
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2. The middle or central portion of anything.
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3. A principal or important point of concentration; the
nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they
tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a
center of attaction.
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4. The earth. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who
support the existing government. They sit in the middle of
the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer,
between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the
right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced
republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right,
and Left.
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6. (Arch.) A temporary structure upon which the materials of
a vault or arch are supported in position until the work
becomes self-supporting.
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7. (Mech.)
(a) One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc.,
upon which the work is held, and about which it
revolves.
(b) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a
shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center,
on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
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Note: In a lathe the
live center is in the spindle of the head stock; the
dead center is on the tail stock.
Planer centers are stocks carrying centers, when the object
to be planed must be turned on its axis.
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Center of an army, the body or troops occupying the place
in the line between the wings.
Center of a curve or Center of a surface (Geom.)
(a) A point such that every line drawn through the point
and terminated by the curve or surface is bisected at
the point.
(b) The fixed point of reference in polar coordinates. See
Coordinates.
Center of curvature of a curve (Geom.), the center of that
circle which has at any given point of the curve closer
contact with the curve than has any other circle whatever.
See Circle.
Center of a fleet, the division or column between the van
and rear, or between the weather division and the lee.
Center of gravity (Mech.), that point of a body about which
all its parts can be balanced, or which being supported,
the whole body will remain at rest, though acted upon by
gravity.
Center of gyration (Mech.), that point in a rotating body
at which the whole mass might be concentrated
(theoretically) without altering the resistance of the
intertia of the body to angular acceleration or
retardation.
Center of inertia (Mech.), the center of gravity of a body
or system of bodies.
Center of motion, the point which remains at rest, while
all the other parts of a body move round it.
Center of oscillation, the point at which, if the whole
matter of a suspended body were collected, the time of
oscillation would be the same as it is in the actual form
and state of the body.
Center of percussion, that point in a body moving about a
fixed axis at which it may strike an obstacle without
communicating a shock to the axis.
Center of pressure (Hydros.), that point in a surface
pressed by a fluid, at which, if a force equal to the
whole pressure and in the same line be applied in a
contrary direction, it will balance or counteract the
whole pressure of the fluid.
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Conical surface
(gcide) | Conic \Con"ic\, Conical \Con"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. conique.
See Cone.]
1. Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone;
round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in
circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical
vessel.
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2. Of or pertaining to a cone; as, conic sections.
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Conic section (Geom.), a curved line formed by the
intersection of the surface of a right cone and a plane.
The conic sections are the parabola, ellipse, and
hyperbola. The right lines and the circle which result
from certain positions of the plane are sometimes, though
not generally included.
Conic sections, that branch of geometry which treats of the
parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola.
Conical pendulum. See Pendulum.
Conical projection, a method of delineating the surface of
a sphere upon a plane surface as if projected upon the
surface of a cone; -- much used by makers of maps in
Europe.
Conical surface (Geom.), a surface described by a right
line moving along any curve and always passing through a
fixed point that is not in the plane of that curve.
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Cylindric surface
(gcide) | Cylindric \Cy*lin"dric\ (s?-l?n"dr?k), Cylindrical
\Cy*lin"dric*al\ (-dr?-kal), a. [Gr. kylindriko`s, from
ky`lindros cylinder: cf. F. cylindrique.]
Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex
surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder.
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Cylindrical lens, a lens having one, or more than one,
cylindrical surface.
Cylindric surface or Cylindrical surface, (Geom.), a
surface described by a straight line that moves according
to any law, but so as to be constantly parallel to a given
line.
Cylindrical vault. (Arch.) See under Vault, n.
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Cylindrical surface
(gcide) | Cylindric \Cy*lin"dric\ (s?-l?n"dr?k), Cylindrical
\Cy*lin"dric*al\ (-dr?-kal), a. [Gr. kylindriko`s, from
ky`lindros cylinder: cf. F. cylindrique.]
Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex
surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder.
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Cylindrical lens, a lens having one, or more than one,
cylindrical surface.
Cylindric surface or Cylindrical surface, (Geom.), a
surface described by a straight line that moves according
to any law, but so as to be constantly parallel to a given
line.
Cylindrical vault. (Arch.) See under Vault, n.
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Degree of a surface
(gcide) | Degree \De*gree"\, n. [F. degr['e], OF. degret, fr. LL.
degradare. See Degrade.]
1. A step, stair, or staircase. [Obs.]
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By ladders, or else by degree. --Rom. of R.
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2. One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward,
in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in
progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and
virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison.
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3. The point or step of progression to which a person has
arrived; rank or station in life; position. "A dame of
high degree." --Dryden. "A knight is your degree." --Shak.
"Lord or lady of high degree." --Lowell.
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4. Measure of advancement; quality; extent; as, tastes differ
in kind as well as in degree.
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The degree of excellence which proclaims genius, is
different in different times and different places.
--Sir. J.
Reynolds.
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5. Grade or rank to which scholars are admitted by a college
or university, in recognition of their attainments; also,
(informal) the diploma provided by an educational
institution attesting to the achievement of that rank; as,
the degree of bachelor of arts, master, doctor, etc.; to
hang one's degrees on the office wall.
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Note: In the United States diplomas are usually given as the
evidence of a degree conferred. In the humanities the
first degree is that of bachelor of arts (B. A. or A.
B.); the second that of master of arts (M. A. or A.
M.). The degree of bachelor (of arts, science,
divinity, law, etc.) is conferred upon those who
complete a prescribed course of undergraduate study.
The first degree in medicine is that of {doctor of
medicine} (M. D.). The degrees of master and doctor are
also conferred, in course, upon those who have
completed certain prescribed postgraduate studies, as
doctor of philosophy (Ph. D.); the degree of doctor
is also conferred as a complimentary recognition of
eminent services in science or letters, or for public
services or distinction (as doctor of laws (LL. D.)
or doctor of divinity (D. D.), when they are called
honorary degrees.
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The youth attained his bachelor's degree, and
left the university. --Macaulay.
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6. (Genealogy) A certain distance or remove in the line of
descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in
the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or
fourth degree.
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In the 11th century an opinion began to gain ground
in Italy, that third cousins might marry, being in
the seventh degree according to the civil law.
--Hallam.
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7. (Arith.) Three figures taken together in numeration; thus,
140 is one degree, 222,140 two degrees.
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8. (Algebra) State as indicated by sum of exponents; more
particularly, the degree of a term is indicated by the sum
of the exponents of its literal factors; thus, a^2b^3c
is a term of the sixth degree. The degree of a power, or
radical, is denoted by its index, that of an equation by
the greatest sum of the exponents of the unknown
quantities in any term; thus, ax^4 + bx^2 = c, and
mx^2y^2 + nyx = p, are both equations of the fourth
degree.
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9. (Trig.) A 360th part of the circumference of a circle,
which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for
arcs and angles. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and
the minute into 60 seconds.
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10. A division, space, or interval, marked on a mathematical
or other instrument, as on a thermometer.
11. (Mus.) A line or space of the staff.
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Note: The short lines and their spaces are added degrees.
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Accumulation of degrees. (Eng. Univ.) See under
Accumulation.
By degrees, step by step; by little and little; by moderate
advances. "I'll leave it by degrees." --Shak.
Degree of a curve or Degree of a surface (Geom.), the
number which expresses the degree of the equation of the
curve or surface in rectilinear coordinates. A straight
line will, in general, meet the curve or surface in a
number of points equal to the degree of the curve or
surface and no more.
Degree of latitude (Geog.), on the earth, the distance on a
meridian between two parallels of latitude whose latitudes
differ from each other by one degree. This distance is not
the same on different parts of a meridian, on account of
the flattened figure of the earth, being 68.702 statute
miles at the equator, and 69.396 at the poles.
Degree of longitude, the distance on a parallel of latitude
between two meridians that make an angle of one degree
with each other at the poles -- a distance which varies as
the cosine of the latitude, being at the equator 69.16
statute miles.
To a degree, to an extreme; exceedingly; as, mendacious to
a degree.
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It has been said that Scotsmen . . . are . . . grave
to a degree on occasions when races more favored by
nature are gladsome to excess. --Prof.
Wilson.
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Developable surface
(gcide) | Developable \De*vel"op*a*ble\, a.
Capable of being developed. --J. Peile.
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Developable surface (Math.), a surface described by a
moving right line, and such that consecutive positions of
the generator intersect each other. Hence, the surface can
be developed into a plane.
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Diametral surface
(gcide) | Diametral \Di*am"e*tral\, a. [Gr. F. diam['e]tral.]
Pertaining to a diameter; diametrical.
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Diametral curve, Diametral surface (Geom.), any line or
surface which bisects a system of parallel chords drawn in
a curve or surface.
Diametral planes (Crystal.), planes in which two of the
axes lie.
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Double-surfaced
(gcide) | Double-surfaced \Dou"ble-sur"faced\, a.
Having two surfaces; -- said specif. of a["e]roplane wings or
a["e]rocurves which are covered on both sides with fabric,
etc., thus completely inclosing their frames.
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Equipotential surface
(gcide) | Equipotential \E`qui*po*ten"tial\, a. [Equi- + potential.]
(Mech. & Physics)
Having the same potential.
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Equipotential surface, a surface for which the potential is
for all points of the surface constant. Level surfaces on
the earth are equipotential.
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Evaporating surface
(gcide) | Evaporate \E*vap"o*rate\, v. t.
1. To convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor
(usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or
fumes.
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2. To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial
heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to
evaporation; as, to evaporate apples.
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3. To give vent to; to dissipate. [R.]
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My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a
sonnet. --Sir. H.
Wotton.
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Evaporating surface (Steam Boilers), that part of the
heating surface with which water is in contact.
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Family of surfaces
(gcide) | Family \Fam"i*ly\, n.; pl. Families. [L. familia, fr. famulus
servant; akin to Oscan famel servant, cf. faamat he dwells,
Skr. dh[=a]man house, fr. dh[=a]to set, make, do: cf. F.
famille. Cf. Do, v. t., Doom, Fact, Feat.]
1. The collective body of persons who live in one house, and
under one head or manager; a household, including parents,
children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers
or boarders.
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2. The group comprising a husband and wife and their
dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the
organization of society.
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The welfare of the family underlies the welfare of
society. --H. Spencer.
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3. Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe,
clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the
family of Abraham; the father of a family.
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Go ! and pretend your family is young. --Pope.
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4. Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.
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5. Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man
of family.
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6. A group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a
family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine
family.
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7. (Biol.) A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable,
related by certain points of resemblance in structure or
development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it
is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of
likeness. In Zoology a family is less comprehesive than an
order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as
an order.
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Family circle. See under Circle.
Family man.
(a) A man who has a family; esp., one who has a wife and
children living with him and dependent upon him.
(b) A man of domestic habits. "The Jews are generally,
when married, most exemplary family men." --Mayhew.
Family of curves or Family of surfaces (Geom.), a group
of curves or surfaces derived from a single equation.
In a family way, like one belonging to the family. "Why
don't we ask him and his ladies to come over in a family
way, and dine with some other plain country gentlefolks?"
--Thackeray.
In the family way, pregnant. [Colloq. euphemism]
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